Ok so Skyrim is my first Elder Scrolls game. I have all three DLCs and beat the game. What I don't understand is the religions and Daedra. So can someone explain to me each religion and what Daedra is. Also which Daedra lords do you fight in Skyrim and what ones have you faced in Oblivion.

Ok so Skyrim is my first Elder Scrolls game. I have all three DLCs and beat the game. What I don't understand is the religions and Daedra. So can someone explain to me each religion and what Daedra is. Also which Daedra lords do you fight in Skyrim and what ones have you faced in Oblivion.

That should give you a good general understanding of religion and creation myths in general in Tamriel, the continent Skyrim is a part of.

The specific Nordic religion evolved slowly over the years. Originally they worshiped Dragons and other totem animals including the Owl, Fox, Bear, Snake, Moth, Wolf, Hawk and Whale.

This eventually morphed into a pantheon including deities like Shor, Dibella, Kyne, Mara, Jhunal, Tsun, Stuhn ,Orkey and Ysmir. These beings are usually identified with the Divines or Aedra - the beings who sacrificed most of their life force to create Nirn, the physical world.

The Nords' cultural exchanges with the Elves and Imperials eventually led to the adoption of a more Imperialized pantheon: Dibella, Kynareth, Mara, Julianos, Zenithar, Arkay, Stendarr and Akatosh. Talos was added later when the mortal Tiber Septim became a god.*

The Daedra are usually considered trickster entities or worse demons by most cultures. If you'll read the books above you'll understand why. They chose not to accept Lorkhan's offer to create the physical world. They can be seen as greedy and untrustworthy by mortal standards. They're not so much evil as chaotic neutral entities. Remember that when dealing with them.

*Note that Shor is absent from Cyrodill mythology, which is the dominant religion in Skyrim and High Rock as well as of the events of Skyrim. There's a good reason for this, which is explained in "Shezarr and the Divines" (http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shezarr_and_the_Divines). The first Empress of Cyrodill, Alessia, needed the Nords' help to build her new Empire, but the Nords had problems with the Elven religion the Cyrodill people followed, so they made a compromise. They'd keep Shor/Shezarr in their religion but not make him one of the main Divines. Later on, Talos took on most of Shor's manly qualities, which is one explanation for why the Nords revere him so fiercely.